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U-869

Type:: shipwreck, Type IXc/40 U-boat, Kriegsmarine, Germany
Specs:: ( 252 x 22 ft ) 1051 displacement tons, 48-56 crew
Built:: 1944, Germany
Sunk:: February 11, 1945
sunk by destroyer escort USS Howard D. Crow - no survivors
Depth:: 240 ft

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Type:: artificial reef, Andromeda class attack transport ( freighter ), U.S. Navy, also known as a "Victory Ship", although often incorrectly referred to as a Liberty Ship
Name:: One of a series of Navy transports named for stars;
Algol is a star in the constellation Perseus, also known as the Demon star.
Built:: 1943, Moore Drydock, Oakland CA USA, as James Barnes
Specs:: ( 459 x 63 ft ) 13910 displacement tons, 429 crew *
* this figure almost certainly includes embarked Marines
Sponsor:: Federal Aid in Sportfish Restoration
Sunk:: Thursday November 22, 1991 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
GPS:: 40°06.545' -73°41.450'
Depth:: 145 ft +, starts at 70 ft, main deck at 110 ft

Type:: shipwreck, submarine, U.S. Navy
Built:: 1912, Lake Torpedo Boat Company, Newport News, VA USA
Specs:: ( 161 x 13 ft ) 400 tons, no crew
Sunk:: Wednesday July 30, 1919
foundered after weapons tests - 3 casualties (inspection crew)
Depth:: 81 ft

Type:: shipwreck, 74 gun ship-of-the-line, U.S. Navy
Name:: that place next to Indiana
Built:: 1820, New York Naval Shipyard, Brooklyn NY USA
Specs:: ( 208 x 54 ft ) 2757 gross tons
Sunk:: April 1884
set adrift and grounded by storm while being dismantled, later deliberately burned
Depth:: 20 ft

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Type:: shipwreck, armored cruiser, U.S. Navy
Built:: 1904, Bethlehem San Francisco, San Francisco USA, as U.S.S. California
Specs:: ( 503 x 70 ft ) 13680 displacement tons
Sunk:: Friday July 19, 1918
explosion, probably struck a mine laid by U-156
officially 6 casualties, probably 30-40 in reality
GPS:: 40°32.433' -73°02.484' (AWOIS 2008)
Depth:: 110 ft, starts at 65 ft

Type:: shipwreck, patrol boat, converted yacht, U.S. Navy
Built:: 1912, Lawley & Sons, Neponset MA USA
Specs:: ( 129 x 19 ft ) 160 gross tons
Sunk:: Monday October 28, 1918
collision with steamer Frisia - no casualties
Depth:: 115 ft

Type:: shipwreck, destroyer, Bristol class, U.S. Navy
Built:: 1942, Federal Shipbuilding, Kearny NJ USA
Specs:: ( 350 x 36 ft ) 1700 displacement tons, 301 crew
Sunk:: Monday January 3, 1944
munitions explosion while at anchor - 138 casualties
Depth:: 55 ft